Thomas Ward (New Jersey)

Thomas Ward (1759-4 March 1842) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NJ) from 1813 to 1817, succeeding Jacob Hufty and preceding John Linn.

Biography
Thomas Ward was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1759, and he became a lawyer in his hometown before serving as a Major in the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794 and Essex County Sheriff in 1797. He went on to serve as a county judge from 1807 to 1813 and a member of the US House of Representatives from 1813 to 1817, and he died in 1842.